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- 3-D printing goes mainstream
- Apr 30, 2015
- Since it was first invented in 1984, three-dimensional printing has been constantly evolving over the years. The technology is often dubbed as, “the third Industrial Revolution,” as it has transformed the existing way things were mechanically churned out. It now allows pe...
- Nature You Meet in the Mountains #45
- Apr 28, 2015
- Flora & Fauna of Korea #45 Korea.net publishes a series of articles, “Nature You Meet in the Mountains,” about the peninsula’s mushrooms, insects, trees and herbs & flowers. Insects Name: 대왕노린재, Great King Stinkbug Scientific name: Pentatoma parametallifera Z...
- Forefront of smart education, Sejong
- Apr 24, 2015
- Trends in education have caught up with the rapid development of high-speed Internet, smart devices, and software. Schools of Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City are leading this change. Digital boards are used by Chamsaem Elementary School in Sejong. Digital boards are large s...
- Islands in Korea get 'smarter'
- Apr 03, 2015
- The islands scattered around the Korean Peninsula are to become "smarter," as a corporation here aims to improve the Internet connections available in outlying regions. KT, one of the nation's larger telecommunications companies, recently launched a project to bring some regi...
- Researchers develop encapsulated LCDs
- Mar 26, 2015
- Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have been widely used for TV and laptop screens, among others, as they can show an image's color and shape quite clearly. However, a weakness is that the image on an LCD screen changes when seen from the side, not from the front, due to LCD's flowin...
- Nature You Meet in the Mountains #44
- Mar 25, 2015
- Flora & Fauna of Korea #44 Korea.net publishes a series of articles, “Nature You Meet in the Mountains,” about the peninsula’s mushrooms, insects, trees and herbs & flowers. Insects Name: 북방풀노린재, North Plant Stinkbug Scientific name: Palomena angulosa (Motschul...
- Solar cells become as flexible as paper
- Mar 23, 2015
- A recently invented new type of organic solar cell has been designed to maintain its functions even when folded over a number of times. A new solar cell is as flexible as paper. It was created by a team at Postech led by Professor Cho Kilwon.This flexible solar cell was crea...
- Marine life on the east coast
- Mar 23, 2015
- Of the three bodies of water that surround the Korean Peninsula, the deepest and bluest of them all is the East Sea, pronounced Donghae in Korean. Images that jump to mind when thinking about the east coast are white sandy beaches, sturdy dark green pine trees lining the beach, p...
- Visit every corner of Korea via online gov't map
- Mar 20, 2015
- It has now become much easier to search every virtual corner of Korea through an online map database. The National Geographic Information Institute has launched its online map service, the “Baro e map.” Baro in Korean means direct or instantaneous. The online map provides helpful...
- Smart tech developed to help you study
- Mar 13, 2015
- The new school year starts in March. Interest in creating the healthiest environment for studying tends to rise during this season. Over the past four years, the number of patents and registered designs for stationary- and desk-related products has shown a rapid increase. Some ...
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